Unique Books and Literary Gifts

Founded in 2011, Notting Hill Editions is an independent British publisher of beautiful and collectable books for the curious reader.

The Penalty Kick photographed on a white background in a three-quarter view

The Penalty Kick: The Story of a Gamechanger

by Robert McCrum

‘Football in the 1880s was an unruly, rough, and often dangerous game. To curb the state the sport was in, William McCrum proposed a new and drastic sanction. He called it a penalty kick.’

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind by Stephen Johnson

How Shostakovich Changed My Mind

by Stephen Johnson

‘Stephen Johnson is one of our most sensitive and thoughtful music critics, and this book, written from the heart about a composer whom he loves and admires, will prove be a landmark.’
Sir Roger Scruton

A copy of The Wrong Turning on a white background

The Wrong Turning: Encounters with Ghosts

With contributions from Alexander Pushkin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Tove Jansson, Penelope Lively, Flann O’Brien and more, The Wrong Turning brings together some of the most chilling – and enigmatic – stories from around the world.

Writers’ Picks

Damian Barr

Damian Barr’s
Top Three

All That Is Worth Remembering by William Hazlitt
Drawn From Life: Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne
Roger Scruton

Roger Scruton’s
Top Three

The Mystery of Being Human: God, Freedom and the NHS by Raymond Tallis
Margaret Drabble

Margaret Drabble’s
Top Three

Drawn From Life: Selected Essays of Michel de Montaigne by Michel de Montaigne
Triptych: Three Studies after Francis Bacon by Jonathan Littell
Amanda Ross

Amanda Ross’
Top Three

Five Ways of Being a Painting and other Essays by William Max Nelson